Around Shanghai: The fate of the Conrad Hilton, foreign firms on the stock market, and no swine flu through Shanghai... or NOT!

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  • Lest we have those twin luxury towers (which were to hold the Conrad Hilton) rot in the middle of the city, the Shanghai government is now trying to orchestrate a buyout of the stalled project. [WSJ]
  • Thanks to the Expo, wait times are going to be slashed to 4 minutes or less on the No. 7 subway line. We just have to wait til next year before it goes into effect. [Shanghai Daily]
  • Foreign firms are allowed to list on the Shanghai stock exchange for the first time ever in an attempt to turn the city into a financial center like New York or London. [Telegraph]
  • Phew! The first direct flight between Shanghai and Mexico since this whole swine flu thing began has been checked... and it's flu free! [Xinhua]
  • OR IS IT PHEW?! Hong Kong's first H1N1 case was apparently a Mexican national who transited through Shanghai! Are we doomed? We may be doomed! [Shanghai Scrap]
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